Local News

On Robin Williams’ suicide and preventing suicide in Georgia
By Ann Wilder, M.S., M.B.A.

We often say, “life is worth living,” but to a person filled with feelings of despair, hopelessness, or regret, these are hollow words. Many kinds of emotional and physical pain can lead to thoughts of suicide.  Approximately 1,100 Georgia families are impacted by a completed suicide each year and many more impacted by suicide attempts.  In the darkest moments, a person can often feel as though the pain and unhappiness is permanent, no solution will ever come, and no change is possible.

Stealthy Administrator at Grayson High School
By Beth Volpert

As Grayson High School begins its fifteenth year with new principal Dana Pugh, changes mix with a strong sense of tradition within the walls of the building. Those walls sometimes seem as if they might be just a little charmed, not unlike like the walls in a Harry Potter novel since they don’t seem to be able to keep the principal from being almost everywhere all the time.

A volunteer’s life… gone to the dogs (and cats)
By Beth Volpert
See more in the live video interview with Deputy Stephanie Martinez -Perez in (to the right middle column)

Lawrenceville – When you meet Dennis Kronenfeld, you might not imagine that he would have such a huge heart. A little rough-n-tumble on the outside, Dennis has a soft spot for the furry creatures and those who love them. Helping improve the lives of stray dogs and cats has been his life’s work and all of it has been as a volunteer.

Sabrina Mergenthaler is a married stay at home mom who home schools her three children. So what was she doing running around a Bolivian jungle in her birthday suit?